Mysterious mirror hanging high

"Only ten spirit stones?" Hu Yiming asked in surprise.

"Ten spirit stones is quite a lot!" Mu Shan exclaimed.

That is to say, Hu Yiming had not yet entered the world of immortal cultivation, so he felt that ten spirit stones were not a lot. Jing Yu had been observing the predecessors in the Hall of Longevity for five hundred years, and he knew that the purchasing power of spirit stones in the world of immortals was quite strong.

Physical exercises like [Earth and Rock Body] that can be cultivated to the perfect level of Qi training usually only sell for one spirit stone on the market. The average price of more common Qi training exercises is only three to five spirit stones.

In daily transactions at the Qi training level, even most of the traded items are not worth a single spirit stone, and their value can only be converted into lower-level currencies such as spirit sand and spirit shells. However, since these lower-level currencies are often different in different places, the mainstream small-scale transactions in the world of immortal cultivation are still mainly barter.

"Who is it? Stop!"

As a few people were chatting, a dark-faced man wearing iron armor and holding an iron mace flew out from the ship.

"Fellow Daoist Qin, it's me." Mu Shan hurriedly said loudly.

"So it's Fellow Daoist Mu. I guess you're back just in time." The big man surnamed Qin relaxed and said with a smile, "You volunteered to sweep the Zhao Kingdom's capital. How many spiritual roots did you find?"

"I'm lucky. I saw three fellow Taoists." Mu Shan was in a good mood and responded with a smile.

"Three? That's a lot! When we return to the market, the merits we gain can be exchanged for a lot of resources for cultivation!" The big man named Qin said enviously.

"Compared to Fellow Daoist Qin, who has a stable income of merits just by stationing here, he doesn't have to rely on luck like me!"

"Haha, I've always had bad luck. This garrison job is more suitable for me. It just guarantees a stable income regardless of drought or flood." The big man surnamed Qin said with a wry smile.

Upon hearing this, Jing Yu secretly took out the fate-knowing mirror and shone it on the cultivator named Qin. Surprisingly, the mirror revealed a fate of "shallow fate and little fortune".

There are many different ways to awaken destiny, not just by using treasures to stimulate it. It is even possible for it to awaken on its own. This cultivator named Qin obviously awakened his destiny very early, otherwise he would not have ridiculed himself for having bad luck. I just don't know whether this person originally had spiritual roots, or whether he developed spiritual roots after awakening his destiny.

Jing Yu had previously used the mirror in his hand to look at Mu Shan, Hu Yiming, and Li Sheng, and found that they also did not have a destiny, which meant that cultivators with destiny were not particularly common in the world of cultivation.

"Lord Cangsong is waiting for you inside."

"Yes, yes, I will go and pay my respects to Lord Cangsong now."

Mu Shan led Jing Yu and the other two into the interior of the ship. On the way, he reminded them, "The Foundation Establishment Senior leading this team is called Cangsong, and his common name is Liu Song. You can just call him Master Cangsong."

Jing Yu and the others agreed. The name Cangsong was actually very common. Not to mention the entire Xianzhou world, there would probably be three or five foundation-building cultivators with the name Cangsong in any large fairy city. However, in the cultivation market, foundation-building cultivators were still rare after all, and there should be no one with the same name as Taoist Cangsong.

They walked down a long corridor and stopped in front of a door at the end. Mu Shan said respectfully, "Deacon Mu Shan of Area A of the Spiritual Plant Garden has come to report."

"Come in." An old voice sounded from inside the door, and the originally closed door opened.

Jing Yu looked inside and saw an old man in a gray robe and with a white beard sitting on a cushion in the room. He held a jade scroll in his left hand, placed it on his forehead, and closed his eyes in deep thought.

"Master Cangsong, Mu Shan has fulfilled his mission and found three spiritual root children in the imperial capital of Zhao State. They are Daoist Hu Yiming, who has wood spiritual roots and no unusual phenomena."

"Daoist Zhao Mingjing, water spirit root, low-grade anomaly."

"Daoyou Li Sheng, fire spirit root, low-grade anomaly."

Taoist Cangsong slowly opened his eyes and nodded at the three of them with a friendly expression. "My three fellow Taoists, I am Taoist Cangsong, the Deputy Master of [Wushan Market]. I would like to congratulate you all on your encounter with the Immortal Fate. I hope you will have a promising future on the Immortal Path!"

"Thank you, Lord Cangsong!"

Jing Yu and the other two responded somewhat flattered. Among the three, Jing Yu was particularly puzzled. The cultivator in front of them was too polite.

It should be noted that although Qigong cultivators have already embarked on the path of cultivation, in fact, there is no strict difference between them and ordinary people. A Qigong cultivator's lifespan is 100 years, which is basically the maximum lifespan of ordinary people. There are also some long-lived ordinary people who can live to 100 years old. Qigong cultivators can only greatly increase this probability, because there are many Qigong cultivators who die in their 80s or 90s due to accidents such as hidden injuries and poisoning in their early years.

But once a cultivator has established his foundation, he has established the foundation for becoming an immortal. The spiritual energy that fills his body during the foundation-building process is enough to cleanse his body without a trace of mundane energy. As long as he does not use any secret techniques that shorten his lifespan, most cultivators who have established their foundation and have not died suddenly can live for a full three hundred years. Only then is there a real difference between immortals and mortals.

Not to mention the huge gap in combat power, which makes the natural status of Qi-cultivating cultivators and foundation-building cultivators very different.

In Jing Yu's impression, Qi-cultivating cultivators had to bow when meeting Foundation-building cultivators, and Foundation-building cultivators were mostly rude to Qi-cultivators. He had not set foot in the world of immortal cultivation for decades after he was born, but now he met such an approachable Foundation-building cultivator.

Taoist Cangsong pulled out three paper books from the small leather bag at his waist like a magic trick, and continued, "My three fellow Taoists, the immortal methods contained in this book are [Qi Yin Shu] and [Tu Na Fa]. Among them, [Qi Yin Shu] is used by ordinary people to guide Qi into the body, which can enable those with spiritual roots to truly embark on the path of immortality; [Tu Na Fa] is a neutral and peaceful Qigong method with no attributes. It can be practiced by anyone with any spiritual root, and it has the effect of consolidating the foundation. Later, switching to other attributed techniques will not affect your cultivation.

The next moment, the three books floated in the air and slowly drifted towards Jing Yu and the other two. The three of them stretched out their hands, and the books fell steadily into their hands.

When the three of them got the book, they all showed some excitement on their faces.

Jing Yu stared at the book in front of him, feeling mixed emotions.

If Jing Yu was just an ordinary immortal chosen one, and had the opportunity to draw qi into his body at the age of forty-five, his spirit and energy would have been completely exhausted by now. Fortunately, his lifespan was endless, and it was not too late for him to get the booklet in his hand.

"This [Qi Yin Shu] and [Breathing Method] are truly introductory books on cultivating immortals that are universal across all the heavens and myriad realms. I wonder which senior wrote them..."

Taoist Cangsong and the other three calmed down and continued, "There's nothing much to say this time! After obtaining these two sets of magic formulas, you fellow Taoists must be itching to try them out. I'll have Taoist Mu prepare a quiet room for each of you. Then you can try to draw Qi into your bodies on the Spirit Boat!"

The old man lowered his head and thought for a moment, as if checking for any omissions. After a moment, he continued, "The time it takes for each person to successfully draw Qi into the body varies. Generally speaking, the better the spiritual root aptitude, the faster the Qi will flow through the body. However, this is not absolute. There are also people with special constitutions and mediocre aptitude who can draw Qi into the body extremely quickly. All kinds of situations exist."

"Fellow Daoists, there's no need to worry. This place is a long way from Wushan Market. Even if we take this spirit boat, which is specially built for long-distance travel, and sail at full speed, it will still take eight or nine days. This time, it's still early before the agreed return time, so we can travel slower and reach the market in about half a month, which will save us some spirit stones."

Taoist Cangsong said with a pleasant expression, "Generally speaking, for those with spiritual roots that have extraordinary signs, half a month is enough to draw Qi into the body! Even for those with weaker spiritual roots without any extraordinary signs, the slowest process would be a month of painstaking effort."

"Fellow Daoists, there's no need to worry. The road to immortality is long, and there's no need to fight for a moment's success. Only by taking one step at a time can one achieve solid progress."

"Thank you, Lord Cangsong, for your advice!"

Jing Yu and others thanked Taoist Cangsong and followed Mu Shan out of the room.

Mu Shan led the three of them through many twists and turns until they reached the entrances of several quiet rooms. He instructed them, "Three fellow Daoists! Each of us has our own quiet room here. It's very soundproof and safe. You can all rest assured to draw the Qi into your bodies."

"Fellow Daoist Mu, thank you so much!" The scholar Hu Yiming said sincerely, "I used to think that immortals who could fly and burrow into the sky must be high and mighty. I never thought they could be so friendly to mortals like us!"

"Haha, Fellow Daoist Hu, don't take it to heart. Since you have spiritual roots, you have entered the immortal gate. How can you be compared with ordinary people?"

Mu Shan laughed heartily: "The world of immortal cultivation is now at its peak. It is a good time for cultivators like me to show our skills. If I get into trouble in the future, I may need your help!"

"Sure, sure..." Hu Yiming held Mu Shan's hands and spoke earnestly.

"Then I won't delay the three of you from drawing the Qi into your bodies!"

"Fellow Daoist Mu, take care." Jing Yu and the others bowed and walked into the quiet room impatiently.

After Jing Yu stepped into the quiet room, he did not rush to practice the [Qi Yin Technique] immediately. Instead, he took out the [Fate-Knowing Treasure Mirror] from his chest and slowly stroked the jade bead inlaid on the top of the bronze mirror.

hum-

An invisible wave swept across, and Jing Yu's mind was immersed in the bronze mirror.

"There's no spiritual energy fluctuation... It seems there's no surveillance array set up in this quiet room."

This is a small function that Jing Yu has researched after playing with the [Fate-Knowing Treasure Mirror] over the years. He and the mirror are already connected by life and death. There is no need to refine it. He is born to be the master of the mirror. He only needs to immerse his mind and even does not need to activate spiritual energy and immortal energy to monitor whether there is any spiritual energy fluctuation within a radius of one mile.

This method is not very useful when fighting against the enemy. Since you cannot find the cultivator who is hiding his breath, you can only detect whether there are any formations operating around.

A few years ago, when Jing Yu was traveling around the world with his mother Li Anruo, he used this method to explore three or four sites of monastic sites. However, they were unlucky and only got some broken fragments of magical instruments and decorative objects used for lighting in the world of immortal cultivation, such as jade beads. He did not find anything else useful.

Using it here at this time is a cautious move.

"At the moment, it seems that Taoist Cangsong has no ill intentions towards people with spiritual roots like us, but we still need to be careful and run away at any time..." Jing Yu thought to himself that he had not left any loopholes, so he simply sat cross-legged on the floor and opened the booklet.

【Qi Yin Technique】!

Jing Yu's eyes lit up. This Qi-inducing technique was the starting point of every cultivator's path to immortality. He had seen it more than once in the Hall of Longevity, but the content was blurred and he didn't know what it meant.

Now it seems that there are only a few hundred words, but every word is precious and easy to understand. No wonder it is the most widely circulated method for drawing qi into the body in the heavens and all realms.

Jing Yu followed the incantations in the booklet, calmed his mind, and began to feel the spiritual energy floating in the air.

An hour later, Jing Yu's body shook slightly, and he felt a pure and real clear and spiritual air entering from his mouth and nose. The air circulated around his body and finally gathered at his dantian, forming a constantly rotating cyclone!

"First level of Qi training!"

Jing Yu suddenly opened his eyes, looking stunned.

its not right?

This is too fast!

Jing Yu remembered that it took Yun Xuance three days to draw the Qi into his body.

Yun Xuance's spiritual root vision is an ancient stone tablet. Logically speaking, it is definitely much stronger than Jing Yu's vision of a drop of water. His spiritual root qualification should be far superior to Jing Yu.

Even the genius Lu Yingzhao took more than half an hour to successfully draw the Qi into his body. Doesn't this mean that Jing Yu can already catch up with him in terms of spiritual root aptitude?

"But it's clearly just the lowest level of spiritual root anomaly..."

After all, Jing Yu had just entered the world of immortal cultivation. Even though he had witnessed the ups and downs of the immortal road for five hundred years in the Hall of Longevity, most of what he had seen was at the level of Qi training and foundation building. He still lacked knowledge now.

Since he couldn't figure it out, he simply stopped thinking about it. A gray light flashed across Jing Yu's body, and the next moment the spiritual pressure of the first level of Qi training on his body disappeared completely in an instant, and his aura returned to its original mortal state.

"Ku Du Xuan Guang's ability to conceal his breath is becoming increasingly sophisticated. Taoist Cang Song is only a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment stage, only one major realm beyond me, so he shouldn't be able to see through it."

Jing Yu thought about it and decided to stay in the quiet room to study the Breathing Technique for the past few days in order to be safe. He did not go out to talk to other cultivators.

Half a month passed in a flash, and Jing Yu felt that the spirit boat he was riding on suddenly shook slightly, and then he understood.

"We should have arrived!"

He no longer restrained his aura, but openly displayed his spiritual pressure of the first level of Qi training and walked out of the quiet room.

As soon as Jing Yu came out of the meditation room, he saw a child of seven or eight years old in a red robe walking out of the meditation room opposite.

"Huh? This is..."

"Li Sheng?"

Jing Yu looked closely and almost didn't recognize that the child in front of him was Li Sheng, the little beggar who came with him half a month ago.

Half a month later, Li Sheng was no longer the same as before. He washed himself clean and changed into a very fitting silk robe. Perhaps because he had successfully guided the Qi into his body, his face had a hint of ethereal air.

Having also felt the spiritual pressure of the first level of Qi training, Li Sheng's face regained some of his childish cunning. He cupped his hands like a little adult and said, "Congratulations, Your Highness, for drawing Qi into your body. From now on, you will embark on the path of Taoism and live forever in the immortal way!"

"This place is already a world of cultivation, where are there any secular princes?"

Jing Yu said with a smile, "Fellow Daoist Li, just call Zhao by his name."

The two men exchanged a few pleasantries with smiles at the door, but Li Sheng was only a child of seven or eight years old after all, so he didn't have much to say. Instead, Jing Yu mostly told some anecdotes about his family's travels around the world, which Li Sheng listened to with great interest.

After they talked for a while, they saw the door of another quiet room open and the scholar Hu Yiming walked out with a depressed look.

Hu Yiming suddenly felt a faint pressure surrounding Jing Yu and Li Sheng, making it difficult for him to breathe. His originally listless expression trembled slightly, and he said in a complicated tone: "My two fellow Daoists, you..."